Re: Re[2]: Omega Race

From: Mark Hooks <markhooks_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu Sep 14 2006 - 19:36:31 EDT

In self test the tones will tell you if you have bad RAM chips. You'll get a
series of high tones and then a low one when it hits a bad 2114 RAM. The
manual tells you how to figure out which is bad.

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "andre" <livnfree_can@yahoo.com>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re[2]: VECTOR: Omega Race

> Sorry, that first paragraph is the Space Duel..just
> seems all the eprom sets do something different from
> the other..the 2 OR ones act differently, the 2 Space
> Duel ones act differently.
> That blank self test window was on Space Duel..usually
> rows of zero's and ones appear and you can push the
> buttons and watch them switch, with tones
> playing..above that should be the failed eproms if
> there are any...but the box is empty. The bottom of
> the screen has a glow to it so its like it is drawn
> off the bottom..but its not an adjustment as the
> bottom of the box is there..
>
> This monitor has been verified in an asteroids
> deluxe... Hold on a sec...I will post a picture of
> what is on the Omega Race screen..its not much but
> more than a single dot like my other good condition
> board.
>
>
> --- Mark Hooks <markhooks@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> There are Omega Race screen shots here:
>>
> http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=O&game_id=8920
>>
>> Do you have an asteroids or something to test the
>> monitor in? I think it is
>> working because the self test draws a box, but it
>> wouldn't hurt to make
>> sure.
>>
>> Mark Hooks
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "andre" <livnfree_can@yahoo.com>
>> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 7:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re[2]: VECTOR: Omega Race
>>
>>
>> >I was looking at that..
>> > Eproms either program or they don't right? I have
>> 2
>> > Omega Race sets I did...and sort of related, 1
>> extra
>> > Space Duel. When I used the newly programmed set
>> to
>> > replace a working, older set it all looks fine
>> except
>> > when the ship comes out that shoots the sparks,
>> there
>> > are vectors drawn from every spark to the top of
>> the
>> > screen. Self test just comes up with a blank box
>> with
>> > white border..its pretty messed up.
>> >
>> > But on the Omega Race, one set in one board won't
>> even
>> > allow me to coin up. I use the other set in same
>> board
>> > and I can coin up. All these Eproms verified fine
>> and
>> > wrote fine..
>> >
>> > Now when I coin up with the set that works, the
>> LED's
>> > light in the proper sequence, and I can now push
>> one
>> > and they all go off..no sounds. If I coin up
>> > immediately again, they start flashing in sequence
>> so
>> > no game is actually playing I guess. I replaced
>> the
>> > amps on MB and on the screen there is a dot in
>> center,
>> > and one about 3-4 inches below thatwith some lines
>> > (curved a bit) that join the dots. In between
>> those
>> > dots are some other faint ones. The monitor is
>> > chattering..its quiet, but its there. Every so
>> often
>> > the mess of dots and lines jumps down a couple
>> inches
>> > and sits there...then jumps back up later.. I
>> cannot
>> > remember what the OR screens look like when it
>> sits
>> > there but the timing is almost like a
>> > gameplay/highscore cycle...
>> >
>> >
>> > --- peter jones <highwayman2000@mail.ru> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: andre <livnfree_can@yahoo.com>
>> >> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>> >> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:58:30 -0700 (PDT)
>> >> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Omega Race
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Have one board able to coin up, leds flash in
>> >> proper
>> >> > sequence as coins added, but you cannot start
>> the
>> >> game..
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> download the schematics, and see what chip the
>> input
>> >> goes to.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
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